believes that Washington considers him an enemy, 399; reconciled to Washington by Henry Lee, 399; his letter to Lee, 400, 401; dislikes democratic societies, 401; offered position as secretary of state, 402; declines it, 402; receives from Washington through Lee an offer of chief justiceship, 402, 403; Washington's anxiety for his acceptance, 403; declines it, 404; considered by Federalists for vice-presidency, 404; sneered at by Jefferson, 404; denies that he has changed opinions, 405; dislikes Jay treaty, but condemns attempt of House to participate in treaty power, 405; elected governor of Virginia, declines, 406; asked to express his opinion on political situation in 1799, 408; believes that Jefferson's party plans disunion, 409; alarmed at French Revolution, 409; especially at infidelity, 410; compliments Marshall's bearing in France, and wishes his election to Congress, 410, 411; urges American national feeling, 410; declines Adams's nomination as minister to France, 412; but expresses his sympathy with him, 412; appealed to by Washington to come forward against the Democrats, 413, 414; comes out from retirement as candidate for legislature, 415; great public interest, 415; description of his last speech, 416-419; dissuades from resistance to the government, 417; denies the power of a State to decide on federal laws, 418; urges harmony and use of constitutional means of redress, 418, 419; his meeting with John Randolph, 420; elected by a great majority, 420; returns home, 421; his last illness and death, 421-423. _Characteristics._ Absence of self-consciousness, 77; abstemiousness, 386, 387; audacity, 64, 69, 294; business inefficiency, 6, 7, 8, 388; early fondness for the woods, 5, 29, 30; education, 6, 10, 13-17, 122; eloquence, 48-52, 61, 64, 72, 93, 98, 115, 128, 140-151, 159, 295, 297, 333-338, 363, 365, 368-381, 418; friendships, 251, 252, 273, 399; geniality and kindliness, 57, 58, 117, 220, 277, 332, 385, 398, 399-401; high spirits, 8, 9, 18, 76; honor, 245, 251; indolence in youth, 5, 6, 29; influence with the people, 59, 60, 88, 89, 102, 160, 164-167, 181-184, 282-284, 316, 346, 415, 420; keenness and quickness, 21, 33, 34; legal ability, 24, 25, 29, 33, 92, 93, 94, 359-381; military ability, 155, 185-188; modesty, 212, 239; not a mere declaimer, 98, 113, 119-125, 169, 321; personal appearance, 220, 296, 300, 364, 416; political sense, 109, 110, 117, 124, 125, 158, 195, 245, 258, 289-291; practical ability, 30, 172-175, 192-193, 241, 242, 260-270, 275; reading habits, 18, 19, 391; religious views, 20, 56, 126, 208, 218, 389-395, 422, 423;